National Association of Testing Authorities, Australia
Scope of Accreditation
Douglas Partners Pty Ltd
Site
Gold Coast Laboratory
Accreditation No.
828
Site No.
22133
Date of Accreditation
10 Oct 2014
Contact
Availability
Services available to external clients
Scope of Accreditation
ISO/IEC 17025 (2017)
Infrastructure and Asset Integrity
| Service | Product | Determinant | Technique | Procedure | Limitations |
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| Establishment of annex facilities | Materials defined by all or some for which the site is accredited | Determinations defined by all or some for which the site is accredited | Techniques defined by all or some for which the site is accredited | ||
| Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Aggregate contaminants | Aggregates | Clay and fine silt; Weak particles contaminants | Settling; Sieve analysis |
AS 1141.32; AS 1141.33 |
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| Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Aggregate properties | Aggregates | Particle density of fine aggregate; Water absorption of fine aggregate | Weighing-in-water |
AS 1141.5 |
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| Particle size distribution | Sieve analysis |
AS 1141.11.1 |
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| Particle size distribution | Sieve analysis of material finer than 75 µm |
AS 1141.12 |
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| Particle density of coarse aggregate; Water absorption of coarse aggregate | Weighing-in-water |
AS 1141.6.1 |
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| Bulk density | Compacted; Uncompacted |
AS 1141.4 |
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| Shape | Average least dimension; Crushed faces; Flakiness; Proportional calliper |
AS 1141.14; AS 1141.15; AS 1141.20.1; AS 1141.20.2; AS 1141.20.3; AS 1141.21; AS 1141.22 MR (Qld) Method Q201; MR(Qld) Method Q208B |
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| Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Aggregate soundness | Aggregates | Soundness | Degradation factor on coarse aggregate | MR (Qld) Method Q208B | |
| Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Aggregate strength | Aggregates | Aggregate crushing value; Wet/dry strength variation | Not applicable | AS 1141.21, AS 1141.22 | |
| Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Concrete, grout and mortar consistence in-situ | Concrete, grout and mortar | Slump flow | Cone | AS 1012.3.1 | |
| Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Concrete, grout and mortar properties | Concrete, grout and mortar | Compressive strength; Mass per unit volume - Hardened concrete | Cylinder; Dimensions; Water displacement | AS 1012.9; AS 1012.12.1; AS 1012.12.2 | |
| Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Concrete, grout and mortar specimen manufacture and curing | Concrete, grout and mortar | Specimen manufacture and curing | Curing cylinder specimens in the laboratory; In-situ manufacture and curing of cylindrical specimens; Manufacture and curing of cylindrical specimens in the laboratory | AS 1012.8.1 | |
| Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Soil classification | Soils | Moisture content | Correlation |
MR (Qld) Method Q010 |
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| Moisture content | Drying oven |
AS 1289.2.1.1 |
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| Plasticity index | Cone |
AS 1289.3.3.2, MR (Qld) Method Q105 |
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| Sieve analysis | Not applicable |
AS 1289.3.6.1; |
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| Liquid limit | Cone four point; Cone one point |
AS 1289.3.9.1, MR (Qld) Method Q104A, MR (Qld) Method Q104D |
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| Plasticity index | Casagrande |
AS 1289.3.3.1 |
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| Plastic limit | Not applicable |
AS 1289.3.2.1, MR (Qld) Method Q105 |
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| Moisture content | Microwave oven |
AS 1289.2.1.4 |
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| Liquid limit | Casagrande four point; Casagrande one point |
AS 1289.3.1.1, AS 1289.3.1.2 |
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| Linear shrinkage | Not applicable |
AS 1289.3.4.1, MR (Qld) Method Q106 |
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| Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Soil compaction characteristics | Soils | Dry density/moisture content relationship | Modified compactive effort |
AS 1289.5.2.1, MR (Qld) Method Q142B |
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| Dry density/moisture content relationship | Standard compactive effort |
AS 1289.5.1.1, MR (Qld) Method Q142A |
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| Assignment of optimum moisture content/maximum dry density (OMC/MDD) | Not applicable |
AS 1289.5.4.2, MR (Qld) Method Q144A |
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| Oversize material | Oversize material treatment |
MR (Qld) Method Q143 |
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| Compaction to nominated levels | Not applicable |
MR (Qld) Method Q145A |
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| Minimum and maximum dry density | Not applicable |
AS 1289.5.5.1 |
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| Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Soil dispersion | Soils | Dispersion | Emerson class |
AS 1289.3.8.1 |
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| Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Soil field density | Soils | Characteristic field density values; Density - In-situ | Nuclear gauge |
AS 1289 5.8.1 MR (Qld) Method Q020; MR (Qld) Method Q141A |
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| Density - In-situ | Sand-cone |
AS 1289 5.3.1, MR (Qld) Method Q141B |
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| Moisture ratio | Measured |
AS 1289 5.4.1 |
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| Degree of saturation | Not applicable |
MR (Qld) Method Q146 |
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| Relative compaction | Not applicable |
MR (Qld) Method Q140A |
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| Dry density ratio | Calculation |
AS 1289 5.4.1 |
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| Field moisture content | Nuclear gauge |
AS 1289 5.8.1, MR (Qld) Method Q141A |
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| Compaction control | Hilf |
AS 1289 5.7.1 |
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| Density index | Not applicable |
AS 1289.5.6.1 |
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| Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Soil in-situ penetration | Soils | Penetration in-situ | Dynamic cone |
AS 1289.6.3.2, MR (Qld) Method Q114B |
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| Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Soil laboratory bearing properties | Soils | Bearing ratio | Remoulded specimens |
AS 1289.6.1.1, MR (Qld) Method Q113A, MR (Qld) Method Q113B, MR (Qld) Method Q113C |
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| Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Soil natural contaminants | Soils | Acidity | pH |
AS 1289.4.3.1, MR (Qld) Method Q121 |
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| Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Soil pre-treatment | Soils | Soil pre-treatment | Not applicable |
AS 1289.1.1 MR (Qld) Method Q101; MR(Qld) Method Q101A; MR(Qld) Method Q101B; MR(Qld) Method Q101C; MR(Qld) Method Q101D; MR(Qld) Method Q101E |
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| Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Soil reactivity | Soils | Reactivity | Shrink/swell |
AS 1289.7.1.1 |
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| Evaluation of geotechnical and civil construction material - Soil stabilisation | Soils | Sample preparation | UCS (unconfined compression strength) specimens - Field mix; UCS (unconfined compression strength) specimens - Laboratory mix | MR (Qld) Method Q251A; MR (Qld) Method Q251B | |
| Curing of moulded specimens | Not applicable |
MR (Qld) Method Q135B |
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| Compressive strength | Uniaxial unconfined |
MR (Qld) Method Q115 |
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| Sample collection | Aggregates | Not applicable | Aggregate from a pavement; Aggregate from a stockpile |
AS 1141.3.1 |
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| Concrete, grout and mortar | Not applicable | Fresh concrete from a mixer; Fresh concrete from deposited concrete | AS 1012.1 | ||
| Soils | Not applicable | Disturbed sampling from earthwork; Disturbed soil sampling from a pavement; Disturbed soil sampling from a stockpile; Disturbed soil sampling in-situ; Site selection by spot sampling |
AS 1289.1.2.1 MR (Qld) Method Q060; MR (Qld) Method Q061 |
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| Not applicable | Site selection - Random sampling; Site selection - Random stratified sampling |
MR (Qld) Method Q050 |
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Accreditation No.
828
Site No.
22133
Print date
27 Jun 2022